14,400 CHF
Tortue Monopoussoir Cartier, “Collection Privée, Tortue Monopoussoir”, movement No. 0245, No. 245, Ref. 2781. Sold in July 2006. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch, single-button chronograph, register with an 18K Cartier deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate and user’s manual. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 8 screws, 4 screws on the band, flat bezel, concave lugs, octagonal sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystals. Guilloché silver, painted radial Roman numerals, secret Cartier signature at VII, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal. 045 MC, with special Cartier decoration, rhodium-plated, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 38 x 48 mm. Thickness 12 mm
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
